Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Online Counselling and Therapy · Cambridge
Online Counselling and Therapy in Cambridge
Online counselling and therapy for Cambridge, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Cambridge, from the colleges and the centre to the streets around the Backs, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Cambridge
Counselling and Therapy for Cambridge, at a glance
- Areas covered online
- All of Cambridge: from the colleges and the centre to Mill Road, Cherry Hinton and Chesterton
- Known for
- The colleges, the Backs and the river Cam
- Region
- East of England (England)
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies
- Format
- Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.
Life in Cambridge
Why people in Cambridge get in touch
Cambridge is unusually good at making people feel that everyone else is coping. Undergraduates, post-docs, clinicians at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, students at Anglia Ruskin University: the shared assumption is competence. So when something goes wrong that has no obvious cause, the natural response here is to work harder and say nothing. You are still submitting the work, still going to the lab, still getting the bus in from Cherry Hinton or Arbury, and yet everything costs more effort than it should. There is no incident to point to. That is precisely the condition this kind of counselling exists for, and it does not require you to have a label first.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Cambridge
Mill RoadCherry HintonChestertonTrumpingtonNewnhamRomseyArburyPetersfieldKings HedgesColeridge
Wherever you are in Cambridge, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Cambridge
Official figures for Cambridge, for context rather than as a description of you.
20% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 12.5% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 106.2 per 100,000 in 2023/24, below the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What actually happens in counselling and therapy?
Counselling and therapy here is one steady starting point for whatever you are carrying, anxiety, low mood, addiction, relationships or the past, integrative and led by you, so we begin with what matters most and shape the work around you.
The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the counselling and therapy page, alongside session lengths and fees and my BACP registration.
How do online sessions actually work?
Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link, held to the same BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call, you join from any private space on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Everything is delivered online, by video, from a room you choose. Bradley works out of Hove and holds no rooms in the city, which some people count as an advantage: nobody sees you walking into a therapy building near the centre, and a supervisor or a housemate need never know. Sessions fit into a lunch hour or the gap between teaching. Headphones and a closed door are all the privacy the arrangement really requires.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does counselling and therapy address?
Low mood and depression
For the flatness, exhaustion and loss of interest that drain the colour from things.
Addiction and habits
Alcohol, drugs, gambling or behaviours that have stopped feeling like a choice.
Relationships
Conflict, distance and trust, as a couple or on your own.
Trauma and the past
When something you have been through still shapes your present.
Life feeling stuck
For the big transitions, losses and crossroads that leave you unsure which way to turn.
Counselling and Therapy in Cambridge
Why people in Cambridge come for counselling and therapy
This is deliberately the least demanding place to begin. You are not asked to have a diagnosis or a story ready. Most people start by describing their week and discover, three or four sessions in, that the same thing keeps appearing in it. Work stays present-focused: what is happening, what you do with it, what you have been avoiding. It tends to run for weeks or months rather than years, and stopping when it has done its job is a good outcome rather than a failure of nerve. Even here, distress is common and underreported. Some 20% of adults in Cambridge reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, below the England average of 23.8%, though a self-report survey rarely catches the student who has told nobody. The Talking Therapies service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is the free NHS alternative, and CPSL Mind offers local support.
A free, unhurried first step
Not sure if it is right for you? A free fifteen-minute call is a no-obligation way to talk it through.
Book a free 15-minute callFinding support in Cambridge
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Cambridge, you can refer yourself directly to NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.
Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout; I am glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
Other local and national support verified for this area includes:
If you need urgent help now
This is not a crisis service. If anyone is in immediate danger call 999. For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.
Cambridge questions
Online Counselling and Therapy in Cambridge: common questions
I am a student in Cambridge and cannot afford to lose a term. Will counselling disrupt my work?
One hour a week is the usual commitment, and it can be timetabled around lectures or lab hours. Most people find the hour buys back time rather than costing it, because whatever is draining concentration gets somewhere to go. Nothing is reported to your college or department.
I do not know if this counts as depression or just pressure. Does it matter?
Not for booking purposes. You will not be asked to sort yourself into a category before starting, and the difference between ordinary strain and something heavier often only becomes clear once you talk. Categories can wait; describing your actual week is more useful early on.
What does a session cost and can I pay as I go?
Yes, session by session. The rate is £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two hours, with no package and no commitment to a fixed number. If you want to test whether it suits you, the introductory 15-minute call is free of charge.
How does this compare with the NHS route in Cambridgeshire?
The Talking Therapies service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is free, accepts self-referrals and offers structured, time-limited help. It is well worth trying. Private counselling here is more flexible about what gets explored, keeps the same counsellor throughout, and generally has a shorter wait to a first appointment.
I share a house near Mill Road with paper-thin walls. Can I still do this?
Usually yes. Headphones mean only your half is audible, and sessions can be arranged for hours when housemates are out. Some clients use a car or a quiet room elsewhere. Typing in the session chat is also possible when speaking aloud would not be private enough.
I am used to coping. Why would I need counselling?
Coping and being well are not the same thing. In a high-achieving city like Cambridge, many people keep functioning while quietly struggling. Counselling gives you an honest hour, online from Hove, to stop performing and say how things really are.
How quickly can I start counselling in Cambridge?
Generally within a week or two. I offer counselling online across Cambridge and the Fens, so you are not held up by a local waiting list. We begin with a free fifteen-minute consultation to see whether we are a good fit, then arrange your first session around study, work or the commute.
Is counselling free on the NHS here, or what will I pay privately?
You can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies in Cambridgeshire at no cost, though waits vary and sessions are time-limited. Privately with me there is no queue: £80 for a sixty-minute session, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, plus a free fifteen-minute introductory call.
How does online counselling actually work if I am new to Cambridge?
Simply. You join by secure video from your own room, whether that is a flat off Mill Road or a house in Newnham, and we talk as we would face to face. It suits people newly arrived and short of settled networks, and I offer some evening times too.
Online Counselling and Therapy in Cambridge, whenever you are ready
A free fifteen-minute call is the simplest place to start, no obligation, just a chance to see if we are the right fit.
Also available online across East of England: Peterborough, Norwich. See all of East of England.
Related work in Cambridge: anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: how change actually sticks and where to start when you cannot name it.
For anyone near the coast, the same counselling and therapy runs in person in Brighton. Every area covered is listed separately.